Stuttgart A&P approves application

The Stuttgart Advertising and Promotion Board has approved its first application, although that application has not been submitted as of yet. The Board approved Stuttgart Parks and Recreation Director Mike Drewett to receive $1,500 to apply for the 11-year-old state championship tournament to be held in Stuttgart.

The Stuttgart Advertising and Promotion Board has approved its first application, although that application has not been submitted as of yet. The Board approved Stuttgart Parks and Recreation Director Mike Drewett to receive $1,500 to apply for the 11-year-old state championship tournament to be held in Stuttgart.

“State tournaments are big and they usually last for six days,” Drewett said. “They will come from as far away as Bentonville to Texarkana.”

The passage of the recent Improvement Bond by voters will allow Drewett to make much needed improvements to Reinsch Complex to make the fields and grounds more inviting to patrons.

“When we get done with the fields it will be able to rain two-inches and in two hours we will be able to play,” Drewett said. “We are getting it set up to do better tournaments, and the parking will be improved when we pave and buy more needed land for parking.”

The parks will also be putting in, on their own, new 60- to 80-foot pavilions.

“We should be ready to go next spring,” Drewett said. “We are trying to stay on top of it and get it done as soon as possible.”

Which is why the director was in front of the A&P Board Thursday during its regularly scheduled meeting. After bond money is spent, there is not extra money in the budget to apply for the state tournament bid.

If the bid is not accepted the money will be returned to the A&P Board.

In other business, the Board approved its application and will have those available for other groups in Stuttgart.

“The goal of the A&P is to promote Stuttgart, we can make it more inviting,” Shashwat Goyal, Stuttgart A&P Board member, said.

The next Stuttgart A&P Board meeting will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 23, at Stuttgart City Hall, located at 304 S. Maple St. The meetings are open to the public.